Page 26 - Port of Baltimore - Issue 4 - 2022
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  PORT PERSON
     A Pivot
to Trucking
Later on in his career, Huesman added to his intermodal expertise by starting his own trucking company. “When I owned that company, I spent a lot of time in Houston,” he said. “I sold it a few years ago and came back here to work for The Terminal Corporation,” which has been in business since 1893.
That was 2007. Today, Huesman remains with the company, as President of its Terminal Transportation Services division. “I’m responsible for the financial viability of the company as well as management of the staff and all our drivers who help us move cargo every day,” he said. “We’re the second or third largest user of the Port of Baltimore as far as moving containers in and out of the Port. We probably handle in the neighborhood of 36,000 containers a year.”
Outside the offices of The Terminal Corporation, Huesman also has been
a prominent presence in the logistics industry. “I was a board member of the Maryland Motor Truck Association and also served as Chairman,” he said. “I presently head up the Intermodal Executive Committee, where we
work with the Port and Ports America Chesapeake to deal with the changes that are taking place.”
Those changes, he said, “are all good
in the long term, but obviously change is always hard for the companies that work here. But having been in Philadelphia and New York, in California and down south, the thing about Baltimore is that we have a great labor force and a great community that services the area. We truly get along.”
Huesman’s appreciation of the
Port community is mutual. “Terminal Corporation is a cornerstone trucking, warehouse and logistics partner in
the Port of Baltimore,” said MPA Executive Director William P. Doyle. “Tom Huesman is an important person in the industry and he’s doing a terrific job leading the company. I personally appreciate Terminal Corporation’s historic, unwavering support and commitment to the Port of Baltimore.”
Looking Forward
to New Challenges
Reflecting on his career, Huesman said what he appreciated most was “the constant growth, and always being able to find another challenge. I sometimes say that I’m not sure I know what I’m going to be when I grow up, because I
always wonder what the next challenge is going to be.”
As an example, Huesman cited his time with the Maryland Motor Truck Association. “I didn’t think leading an organization that has over 1,000 members was something I would ever do, but I took the challenge, and it turned out great.”
From a trucking industry standpoint, one of the major challenges are advances in tech, specifically related to electric or hybrid vehicles. “All that’s kind of exciting to be involved in,” he said. “It’s the next phase of development in our industry, and I want to continue to be a part of it.”
As far as the future of the Port, Huesman is optimistic. “I think we’re moving in the right direction,” he said. “We certainly do a better job than
a lot of the other ports around the country that are suffering. We have our challenges, but we’re making progress in correcting things and getting things to be better for everybody, including all the customers of the Port of Baltimore.”
Baltimore itself, Huesman said, “has just always been in my blood. When I left Baltimore and got a chance to come back, it was definitely a good thing.” 􏰀
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